Protest Songs Essay

Protest Songs Essay Over the years, there have always been songs, and things to protest about. And what do you get when you put them together? You get...Protest Songs!! Protest songs have been around for almost for ever, song artists used and still use their music to voice their opinion against things, therefore making it a form of protest. I am going to compare and contrast a poem from the Great Depression by Langston …

…protest songs/poems like Merry Christmas, and You Turn the Screws have a great affect on the past, and future generations to come. They bring us hope, and fear, but always ending in getting something done. Where would we be without them? In conclusion, protest songs and poems effect everyone in the world, and thanks to them, look where we are now! But there have definitely always been protest songs, and there always will be.